- Date
- February 27, 1972
- Place
- Saginaw, MI · SAGINAW, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3806NBeech 35
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166483
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1250 72/2/27 NR.SAGINAW,MICH BEECH 35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 175 TIME - 1910 N3806N PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAYLING,MICH YPSILANTI,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- BECAME LOST IN KNOWN POOR WEA COND. PLT LOST CTL WHILE FSS TRIED TO ASSIST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3806N
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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